Tanuki (raccoon dog) and Bamboo in the Snow / Konoshima Ôkoku
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.402
- Title
- Tanuki (raccoon dog) and Bamboo in the Snow
- Artist
- Konoshima Ôkoku
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1938
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink on silk
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helmut Stern
- Dimensions
- 115.6 cm x 26.4 cm (45 1/2 in. x 10 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Physical Description
- A tanuki, or racoon dog, is seen peering over its shoulder on a snowy hill. Its footprints disappear in the snow behind it. Bamboo rise from out of view on the bottom right, and dominate the upper register of the image. This painting mounted on a hanging scroll also includes elaborate gold fabric with repeating designs.
- Subject Matter
- A tanuki, or racoon dog, is seen peering over its shoulder on a snowy hill. Its footprints disappear in the snow behind it. Bamboo rise from out of view on the bottom right, and dominate the upper register of the image. The scene has a sense of temporality.
- Secondary Keywords
- animal
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 690 x 2801
- File Size
- 70 KB
- Record
- 2003/1.402
- Link to this Item
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"Tanuki (raccoon dog) and Bamboo in the Snow; Konoshima Ôkoku." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.402/2003_1.402.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.